#A840D5#A840D5

#A840D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.225 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A840D5
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 64.52, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 86.56, 318.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1551 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.225 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9900, 16.7967, 64.6002)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A840D5 #6DD540

analogous

#5E40D5 #A840D5 #D540B8

triadic

#A840D5 #D5A840 #40D5A8

tetradic

#A840D5 #D55E40 #6DD540 #40B8D5

square

#A840D5 #D55E40 #6DD540 #40B8D5

split-complementary

#A840D5 #B8D540 #40D55E

monochromatic

#611C7F #8727B1 #A840D5 #BF72E0 #D6A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A840D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A840D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A840D5

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A840D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A840D5	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a840d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.225 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67de3',
    500: '#a840d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a840d5;
$custom-light: #c67de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a840d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5802,
    "c": 0.22481,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A840D5

secondary

#ACD899

accent

#E74173

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A840D5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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